It was a rare occasion in the Senate today. The upper chamber voted against a motion to write-off forty thousand four hundred and seventy-four dollars and eighty-eight cents owed by Joshua Perdomo, the son of Cabinet Secretary Carlos Perdomo. The motion was brought to the Senate after the House of Representatives approved the motion last […]
At the end of the debate, a division was called by Senator Chebat to document the vote of each senator. As we said, seven of the thirteen voted against the write-off. While the Senate did not approve the write-off, Attorney General Michael Peyrefitte says that money motions cannot be defeated by the Senate. As we […]
Also voting against the write-off was Senator for the Private Sector, Mark Lizarraga. According to Lizarraga, while it was expected that the Senate would not be able to block the write-off, the point was to represent the interest of the Belizean people. Mark Lizarraga, Senator for Private Sector “We know that in the past […]
Still on the unpopular Joshua Perdomo write-off, the Leader of the Opposition John Briceño has written to the House Speaker Laura Longsworth taking issue with the conduct of the debate on October fourth. Briceño tells the Speaker that he and other parliamentarians were denied the right to debate or comment on the write-off and that […]
Senators also debated the amendment to the Contractor General Act. The amendment removes the limitation which barred any Contractor General to return to the public service after his or her term concludes. This, according to the government, made it quite difficult to find a replacement for Godwin Arzu, whose contract was not renewed after senators pointed out […]
Two Belize City men were freed from murder charges after spending almost five years on remand at the Hattieville Prison. Lyson Cacho and Tarique Gillett faced trial for the March 2015 murder of Michael Welch, which occurred on Periwinkle Street in Belize City. Kingsley Morrison was also shot during the gun violence, and was the […]
Over the weekend, the business centre at Ladyville Technical High School was burglarized and a number of laptops donated by Digi were stolen. The Belize Police Department is asking the public’s assistance in locating sixteen grey and black Dell brand laptops. The crime occurred sometime between October sixth and seventh. The discovery was made by […]
Tonight, three of four men linked to a gun found in a parked vehicle are home free after twenty-three-year-old Lionel Longsworth took the rap for the firearm and ammo. Harold Usher, Dane Gillett and Jeffery Buller were along with Longsworth when the gun was intercepted on the night of January second, 2019 on Cran Street […]
The financial losses to farmers up north don’t look good after months of a drought gripped the farming community. In Little Belize, a small Mennonite community in the Orange Walk District, crops of soybeans and vegetables as well as livestock, were severely impacted by the lack of rain. Acres of produce and hundreds of heads […]
The extreme dry weather conditions that have adversely affected the agriculture sector has once again prompted a discussion on climate resiliency and the need for farmers to adopt other practices that are considered weather resistant. Additionally, government has extended a hand to the agro-productive sector, particularly to farmers in the central, western and northern districts […]
According to District Agriculture Coordinator Elsner Campos, it is important for farmers to enroll with the ministry so that a record of their location, the crops they grow and the scale at which they are producing are all recorded for future use. Campos says that the information is necessary for times like these where help […]
A project to electrify Caye Caulker Village will cost the Belize Electricity Limited some thirteen point six million dollars. The monies are being borrowed from the Caribbean Development Bank on certain conditions including that the loan shall be guaranteed by the Government of Belize. The objective is to improve electricity reliability and increase capabilities on […]
In 2009, Brads Gaming Company Limited owned by Kim Jen Chee was granted a management contract to manage the lottery programme which rakes in millions of dollars in administrative fees and taxes to G.O.B. The privatization increased government’s take and while Brad’s share is not known, it is surely a pretty sum. There is now […]
Brackett has since written a letter to Prime Minister Dean Barrow seeking information on the boledo deal. He is also advocating for the tender process and for information on who really owns Brads, a popular hang-out for U.D.P. politicians at the bottom of the BelCan Bridge. Geovanni Brackett, Concerned Citizen “When exactly does this […]
Brackett says he will lobby the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Senators and other social partners to get answers on the situation around the popular boledo. At today’s senate meeting, Business Senator Mark Lizarraga says that he too has issues with the way G.O.B. grants contracts. Mark Lizarraga, Senator for Private Sector […]
The U.S. Government, through the CARSI-ESF grant programme, has awarded seven hundred and fifty thousand U.S. dollars to three organizations in Belize. Since 2007, over nine million U.S. dollars have been awarded to civil society groups. Today’s funding is just one part of over forty million U.S. dollars awarded through the CARSI programme to Belize. […]
Former firebrand COLA President, Geovanni Brackett also chimed in today on the Hilltop property debacle where the headquarters of the P.S.U. was sold even though negotiations were ongoing with the Belmopan City Council. A Corozal company, Simplex Designs Limited, acquired the property and the P.S.U. is now facing eviction. Brackett is known not to mince […]
Today the Meso-American Reef Network held its second biennial meeting. Belize, Guatemala, Mexico and Honduras gathered in Belize City to talk about the challenges of the Meso-American Reef and how they are responding to those issues. As we’ve reported, one of the issues is the Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease that is present in Belize […]
